'Wounded Bull', A Bronze Figure

Details

Elie Nadelman (1882-1946)
Nadelman, Elie
'Wounded Bull', A Bronze Figure
6.1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high, dark brown patina

Provenance

By descent in the artist's family.
Richard York Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

L. Kirstein, Elie Nadelman, New York, 1973, p. 58, p. 305, no. 184, illustration of another example
Whitney Museum of American Art, The Sculpture and Drawings of Elie Nadelman, 1882-1946, New York, 1975, p. 57, no. 50, illustration of another example

Lot Essay

This work, cast in 1915, is one of the six casts made of Wounded Bull during the artist's lifetime. Other examples are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii.

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